| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Cars | Gary Numan | | 3:57 |
| 2 | Vienna | Ultravox | 3.4 | 4:39 |
| 3 | Tears Are Not Enough- engineer:
- Gary Langan
- producer:
- Steve Brown and Trevor Horn
- bass guitar:
- Mark Lickley
- trombone:
- Andy Gray
- lead vocals:
- Martin Fry
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Phonogram Ltd. (in 1981), Phonogram Ltd. (London) (in 1981) and Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (in 1982)
- mixed at:
- Sarm Studios in Aldgate, Tower Hamlets, London , England, United Kingdom (in 1982)
- part of:
- The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 78)
- recording of:
- Tears Are Not Enough
- writer:
- Anne Dudley , Martin Fry, Mark Lickley, Stephen Singleton and Mark White
- publisher:
- 10 Music Ltd., Copyright Control , Neutron Music, Neutron Music Ltd. and Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
- part of:
- Mantrap
| ABC | | 3:31 |
| 4 | It’s My Party- engineer:
- Nick Bradford
- producer:
- Dave Stewart
- electronic drum set [SDS V], electronic instruments [claptrap], keyboard [keyboards] and vocoder:
- Dave Stewart
- background vocals:
- Amanda Parsons
- lead vocals:
- Barbara Gaskin
- recorded at and mixed at:
- Matrix Studios in Soho, Westminster, London , England, United Kingdom (from 1981-06 until 1981-07)
- cover recording of:
- It’s My Party
- writer:
- John Gluck, Jr., Wally Gold, Seymour Gottlieb and Herb Weiner
- publisher:
- A. Schroeder Music Ltd. and Chappell & Co., Inc.
- part of:
- Baby It’s You!
| Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin | 3 | 3:48 |
| 5 | Tainted Love- engineer:
- Paul Hardiman
- producer:
- Mike Thorne
- mixer:
- Harvey Goldberg
- electronic instruments and other instruments:
- Dave Ball
- background vocals:
- Vicious Pink
- vocals:
- Marc Almond
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (in 1981)
- recorded at:
- Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden , Westminster, London , England, United Kingdom
- music videos:
- Tainted Love by Soft Cell
- part of:
- VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 5), Paste: The 50 Greatest NON One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 8), New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 10), Pitchfork: The Story of Goth in 33 Songs, VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 33) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 46)
- cover recording of:
- Tainted Love
- lyricist and composer:
- Ed Cobb
- publisher:
- Burlington Music Co., Ltd. and Embassy Music Corporation
- sub-publisher:
- ミュージック・セールス
| Soft Cell | 3.9 | 2:36 |
| 6 | Love Will Tear Us Apar- producer:
- Joy Division and Martin Hannett
- bass:
- Peter Hook
- drums (drum set):
- Stephen Morris
- guitar:
- Bernard Albrecht
- vocals:
- Bernard Albrecht and Ian Curtis
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Factory Communications Ltd. (in 1988)
- recorded at:
- Strawberry Studios in Stockport, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- part of:
- triple j’s Hottest 100 (number: 1989 (All-time)), triple j’s Hottest 100 (number: 1990 (All-time)), Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 5), Q50 – December 2005 (number: 6), Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (number: 14), NME: Greatest “Indie” Anthems Ever: 2007 (number: 19), Pitchfork: The Story of Goth in 33 Songs, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 41) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 179)
- recording of:
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- lyricist:
- Ian Curtis
- composer:
- Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner
- publisher:
- Fractured Music and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
| Joy Division | 4.5 | 3:27 |
| 7 | Brass in Pocket | The Pretenders | 4.15 | 3:03 |
| 8 | What I Like About You | The Romantics | 4.75 | 2:57 |
| 9 | Eighth Day | Hazel O’Connor | | 3:12 |
| 10 | Total Control | The Motels | | 5:54 |
| 11 | Tempted | Squeeze | | 4:03 |
| 12 | Me Myself I | Joan Armatrading | | 3:14 |
| 13 | Jumpin’ Jive | Joe Jackson | | 2:42 |
| 14 | Geno | Dexys Midnight Runners | 3 | 3:28 |
| 15 | Rock ’n’ Roll High School | Ramones | | 2:22 |